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Luke Stag made this Freedom of Information request to Rural Payments Agency
The request was successful.
From: Luke Stag
1 September 2010
Dear Rural Payments Agency,
I have looked on your website and I understand I can make a request
for all data that you hold on me as a ‘Subject Access Request’.
Before I decide to venture into this process, can you please answer
the following questions under Freedom of Information.
1. you require a cheque for £10 made payable to the Rural Payments
Agency. Can you tell me why I need to pay for my own data?
2. Where or what is this money used for? I hope it does not line
the pockets of the fat cats in your agency or is used to fund your
Christmas parties.
3. how long will it take for me to receive my information and can I
receive it electronically?
Yours faithfully,
Luke Stag
From: Access to Information Helpdesk
Rural Payments Agency
7 September 2010
Dear Luke
REF: RFI 1341
Thank you for your request for information below. This is being dealt with
under the terms of the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 (an
adjunct of the Freedom of Information Act).
We expect to respond to your request within 20 working days.
If you have any queries about this email, please contact the ATI Unit
quoting the reference number above.
Yours sincerely
Misha Jameir-Masters
ATI Unit
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From: Access to Information Helpdesk
Rural Payments Agency
29 September 2010
Dear Luke
REF 1341
Thank you for your request for information regarding Subject Access
Request's (SARs). Your request has been dealt with under the Freedom of
Information Act 2000 (FOIA).
Please find below details of the information that you requested:
1. Can you tell me why I need to pay for my own data?
Section 9 of the FOIA allows a public authority to charge a fee for
providing information in response to a request.
2. Where or what is this money used for?
The money is allocated to an RPA account and is recorded for audit review
as an inclusion in our Annual Accounts, that are published annually and
can be found on our web site.
3. How long will it take for me to receive my information and can I
receive it electronically?
Under the Data Protection Act the data controller has 40 calendar days in
which to provide the requested data, if no exemption applies. Your
information can be sent to you electronically.
If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:
Stephen Briggs
Customer Director
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 69
Reading
RG1 3YD
Please remember to quote the reference number above in any future
communications.
If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, you have
the right to apply directly to the Information Commissioner for a
decision. The Information Commissioner can be contacted at: Information
Commissioner's Office, Wycliffe House, Water Lane, Wilmslow, Cheshire, SK9
5AF.
If you have any queries about this email please contact the ATI Unit.
Yours sincerely
Misha Jameir-Masters
ATI Unit
Access To Information Unit
Rural Payments Agency
PO Box 69
Reading
RG1 3YD
Tel 0118 953 1259
Fax 0118 953 1467
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